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Te Tarata - Ōpōtiki - Whakatōhea
150 Year Commemoration
out to the soldiers causing confusion. Governor-General issued a free pardon
Māori came out of the pā shooting at to Mokomoko. The free pardon was
troops to break out from the encircled provided without consultation with
soldiers. They ran for the cover of Te Whānau ā Mokomoko and did
a small watercourse and across the not speciically restore his character,
Waioweka River. Heavy ire was mana and reputation. Therefore the
directed at those crossing the river, Mokomoko (restoration of character,
where some Māori were killed as they mana and reputation) Bill 2011 directly
swam across to the west bank. Thirty set out to restore the character, mana
ive men were lost, their bodies thrown and reputation of Mokomoko and
into the trenches and covered with soil. the Crown acknowledged the harm
The following morning, Major Stapp caused by the Crown to Te Whānau
and the whole military force advanced ā Mokomoko. The injustices and
on Te Pua, but they found the pā impacts on Whakatōhea as a whole
abandoned. The Hauhau occupants have yet to be addressed.
had retreated to a stronghold in the
Waioweka Gorge. McDonell hunted Aftermath
Hauhau in the lower reaches of the n June 1870, Hira Te Popo realised
Waioweka and Waimana gorges, but I the futility of the unequal struggle
he was not able to catch Hira Te Popo. against the British. He brought Ngāti
Nor was he able to ind Kereopa in the Ira back into Ōpōtiki and surrendered.
Urewera. He was such an inluential leader that
the Native Minister Donald McLean
Mokomoko travelled to Ōpōtiki on 27 January
I n October 1865, 200 Ngāti Rua came 1871 to mark the formal surrender of
out of Whitikau and surrendered to Te Popo. He was treated with respect
Major Stapp. Mokomoko and sections and allowed to cultivate 100 acres of
of Ngāti Patu also surrendered. In 1866, land at Waioweka.
Te Whakatōhea rangatira Mokomoko
was tried and executed for the murder Confiscation of Whakatohea
of Carl Sylvius Volkner. Throughout Lands
the trial Mokomoko maintained his
Mokomoko was hanged and buried at I n January 1866 the Government
innocence. Following his conviction,
began coniscating Whakatōhea’s
the old Auckland Jail and Courthouse. lands under the New Zealand
He was reinterred at Waiaua Marae Settlements Act 1863. Volkner’s
at Ōpōtiki in October 1989. In 1992, murder was a civil criminal matter
123 years after his execution the and should have been dealt with by
police, not martial law. Whakatōhea
12 He Rā Maumaharatanga
150 Year Commemoration
out to the soldiers causing confusion. Governor-General issued a free pardon
Māori came out of the pā shooting at to Mokomoko. The free pardon was
troops to break out from the encircled provided without consultation with
soldiers. They ran for the cover of Te Whānau ā Mokomoko and did
a small watercourse and across the not speciically restore his character,
Waioweka River. Heavy ire was mana and reputation. Therefore the
directed at those crossing the river, Mokomoko (restoration of character,
where some Māori were killed as they mana and reputation) Bill 2011 directly
swam across to the west bank. Thirty set out to restore the character, mana
ive men were lost, their bodies thrown and reputation of Mokomoko and
into the trenches and covered with soil. the Crown acknowledged the harm
The following morning, Major Stapp caused by the Crown to Te Whānau
and the whole military force advanced ā Mokomoko. The injustices and
on Te Pua, but they found the pā impacts on Whakatōhea as a whole
abandoned. The Hauhau occupants have yet to be addressed.
had retreated to a stronghold in the
Waioweka Gorge. McDonell hunted Aftermath
Hauhau in the lower reaches of the n June 1870, Hira Te Popo realised
Waioweka and Waimana gorges, but I the futility of the unequal struggle
he was not able to catch Hira Te Popo. against the British. He brought Ngāti
Nor was he able to ind Kereopa in the Ira back into Ōpōtiki and surrendered.
Urewera. He was such an inluential leader that
the Native Minister Donald McLean
Mokomoko travelled to Ōpōtiki on 27 January
I n October 1865, 200 Ngāti Rua came 1871 to mark the formal surrender of
out of Whitikau and surrendered to Te Popo. He was treated with respect
Major Stapp. Mokomoko and sections and allowed to cultivate 100 acres of
of Ngāti Patu also surrendered. In 1866, land at Waioweka.
Te Whakatōhea rangatira Mokomoko
was tried and executed for the murder Confiscation of Whakatohea
of Carl Sylvius Volkner. Throughout Lands
the trial Mokomoko maintained his
Mokomoko was hanged and buried at I n January 1866 the Government
innocence. Following his conviction,
began coniscating Whakatōhea’s
the old Auckland Jail and Courthouse. lands under the New Zealand
He was reinterred at Waiaua Marae Settlements Act 1863. Volkner’s
at Ōpōtiki in October 1989. In 1992, murder was a civil criminal matter
123 years after his execution the and should have been dealt with by
police, not martial law. Whakatōhea
12 He Rā Maumaharatanga
